Matar Paneer Kadai

Matar Paneer Kadai

                         Matar paneer kadai is an best combinational recipe. Paneer and Matar is an made for each other recipe. It is an special recipe with awesome ground kada masala. I love this recipe with chapathi.

Ingredients:

• Paneer - 200g
• Green peas - 1/2 cup
• Onion - 2 (Chopped)
• Tomato - 1 (Chopped)
• Green Chillies - 2 (chopped)
• Ginger/Garlic paste - 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Sugar - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - as needed.

How to make kadai masala Powder:

Dry roast and make ground powder:

• Coriander seeds - 2 tsp
• Pepper - 1 tsp
• Red chillies - 4
• Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Green Cardamom - 4
• Cloves - 4
• Cinnamon stick - 1 inch

Method:

• Cut the paneer into cubes and keep aside.

• Cook the green peas in water, drain the water and keep aside.

• Dry roast all the kada masala ingredients and grind it in a mixer into ground powder and keep aside. 

• Heat oil in a pan, add the chopped onions and saute, it until golden brown color.

• Now, add the ginger/garlic paste saute it for another few mins.Then, add the tomatoes, turmeric powder, salt and mix well. Add Water to cook the tomatoes.

• After tomatoes get cooked well and mushy,now add salt, sugar, chopped paneer, green chillies , cooked green peas and mix well.

• Atlast add the needed kadai masala powder and toss it well for few mins.

• Serve hot with basmathi rice or chapathi.(You can even use this masala for stuffed chapathi too).

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